THIS WEEK IN DARTMOUTH SOFTBALLFri-Sun, March 1-3- at George
Washington Colonial Classic

The Dartmouth softball team heads to the Colonial Classic hosted by George
Washington University this weekend. The Big Green will take on Bucknell, Seton
Hall and host, George Washington over the course of the tournament. Fans can
follow the action for Dartmouth's games with livestats.

BIG GREEN TIDBITSStrong Start to the Season - The Big
Green opened the 2013 season with an impressive showing at the Stetson Hatter
Classic. The Big Green's 3-2 win over Bethune-Cookman was its third consecutive
season-opening victory and the three wins on the weekend puts the program 12
wins away from its 300th victory. At this weekend's tournament, the Big Green
enter as the only team with a winning record.

Hubert and Miller Earn
All-Tournament Honors - Senior captain Hillary Hubert(Grant
Park, Ill.) and freshman Kelsey
Miller (Mansfield, Texas) earned All-Tournament honors for
their play over the weekend. Both players started each game for the Big Green
and tallied six hits each. Hubert had six RBI while Miller had three RBI to go
along with three doubles and one triple.

Extra Innings - The
Big Green played their first extra innings game vs. Bethune-Cookman on
Saturday. The last time Dartmouth went to extra innings on opening weekend was
during the 2009 season when they posted a 3-2 win over St. Francis (Pa.) at the
Florida Gulf Coast Tournament. Last season, Dartmouth played one extra inning
game vs. North Texas resulting in a 7-6 win.

Home Run Queen - Morgan McCalmon
(Norman, Okla.) made quite the statement in her first collegiate at bat by
belting a home run. On the weekend, she had a team-high two home runs while
classmate Katie McEachern (San Diego, Calif.) added another.

Bring The Bats - The Big
Green had a big weekend from the plate with 36 hits over the course of the
three-day tournament, including eight extra base hits. Hubert and Miller each
recorded six hits, while Kara
Curosh (Munster, Ind.) and Morgan McCalmon
(Norman, Okla.) added four.

Rumley Up To Her Old Tricks in the
Circle - Sophomore Kristen Rumley (Katy,
Texas) started the 2013 season right where she left off in 2012. Rumley went
3-1 in the circle last weekend for a 2.23 ERA and added 18 strikeouts. She
moves into No. 7 on Dartmouth's career strikeouts list with 169 Ks.

On The Road Again - The Big
Green will travel to our nations capital for the George Washington Colonials
Classic for their second preseason tournament this week. Washington D.C., and
Florida are the only places the Big Green will play tournaments this season. Dartmouth
will play in four preseason tournaments this year.

On The Road Again - The Big
Green, like most Northern schools, will spend a large chunk of its season on
the road. Of the 50 games on the schedule, Dartmouth will play 36 games on the
road, 26 coming in the form of non-conference competition. Dartmouth will once
again take up residence in Florida, traveling to DeLand, Clearwater, and Boca
Raton, for tournaments. In all, the Big Green will play 19 games in the
Sunshine State between the USF Invitational and the FAU Invitational and
non-conference games with Florida Gulf Coast, South Florida and Rutgers. The
Big Green open the home slate on April 5 and will play seven home dates at the
Dartmouth Softball Park.

Welcome to the Team - Dartmouth
welcomes a six-member freshman class this season. The Big Green rookies hail
from all over the country, with two players coming from the Texas. Donning the
Green and White for the first time are: Kathy Dzienkowski
(Austin, Texas), Alex
Jarvis (Tustin, Calif.), Brianna Lohmann (Belle
Glade, Fla.), Morgan
McCalmon (Norman, Okla.), Katie McEachern (San
Diego, Calif.) and Kelsey
Miller (Mansfield, Texas). Welcome aboard!

Welcome to Dartmouth, Coach Hart
- Assistant coach Ali Hart joins the
Dartmouth softball staff this season. Hart hails from Atlanta, Ga., and was an
All-American at Williams College where she graduated in 2012.

A Look at the CompetitionBucknell - Bucknell
enters the weekend with a 1-7 record after dropping four contests at the
Longwood Spring Classic. The Bison defeated St. Bonaventure in their
season-opener but haven't won since dropping their last seven games. Alex Wells
leads the way at the plate and is batting .333 with one hit and one RBI in four
games. Mariah Midyette, Cassie Greenhawk and Cheyanna Young are the only
players to have started each game so far. Of those three, Midyette is batting
.273 with six hits and five runs. The Bison have used four pitchers with Amanda
Fazio picking up the lone win. Cindy Cherness sports a staff-best 3.65 ERA in
7.2 innings while Dana Nielsen is 0-2 with seven appearances and five starts.
She has 18 strikeouts and has pitched 24.0 innings.

Seton Hall-Seton
Hall enters tournament play with a 3-5 record after going 1-4 at the
Jacksonville Invitational Tournament last weekend. The Pirates dropped
shortened games to Jacksonville and South Alabama. Danielle DeStaso is leading the offense and
is batting .500 in eight games. She has a team-best 11 hits to go along with
nine RBI and two home runs. She is one of four players batting better than
.300. Maria DeLuca, Colltey Sheldon and Brittany Hammer are also over .300. DeStaso
also leads the pitching staff. She has a 2-1 record in five appearances with 24
strikeouts. Jen Metzger has a 1-4 record in six appearances, to go along with
17 strikeouts. Casey Moses has also seen action in the circle this season. The
Pirates have speed on the bases completing 15-of-17 stolen base attempts.

George Washington-The host
Colonials have a 2-6 record entering the weekend but have a chance to improve
that with their home opening doubleheader vs. Drexel on Wednesday. Kristi
Saporito leads the offense with a .333 batting average and is one of two
Colonials hitting better than .300. Carlee Gray joins her with a .318 average
in eight contests. Gray has a team-best seven hits, to go along with five RBI.
Victoria Valos also has five RBIS on the year. In the circle, Courtney Martin
(1-3) leads the staff with a 2.84 ERA with 22 strikeouts over 24.2 innings.
Meghan Rico (1-3) has made six appearances
and played two complete games. She has thrown 16 strikeouts and sports a 4.06
ERA. Chelsey Pedley has also seen time in the circle this season.

Skipper Hanson Back for Third Season
- Head coach Rachel Hanson returns for her third
season as head of the Dartmouth softball team. Hanson has a 31-47 record in her
two years at Dartmouth and has led the Big Green to back-to-back second place
finishes in the North Division. Assistant coach Lindsay Vanover returns for her third season while Ali Hart is entering her first season
on staff.

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Up NextFri.-Sun., March 15-17
- at South Florida Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.)